Interview with J.D. Crowe and Ronnie Reno
Project: Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project
Interview Summary
This interview with Bluegrass musicians J.D. Crowe and Ronnie Reno begins with a discussion of their backgrounds and how they became interested in Bluegrass music. Reno then expounds on his band, The New South. Reno talks about leaving his father's band to work with the Osborne Brothers and Merle Haggard. Reno then talks about his relationship with the Monroe family and Crowe talks about attending the first Bluegrass music festival in Berryville (Va.). Crowe then expounds on the changes that Bluegrass has undergone since the 1950s. They then talk about recording their own albums.Interview Accession
Interviewee Name
Ronnie Reno
Interview Rights
The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History has been licensed by the International Bluegrass Music Museum as the exclusive archival repository for this collection. All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, belong to the International Bluegrass Music Museum.?Interviews may only be reproduced with permission from Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky.Interview Usage
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The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History has been licensed by the International Bluegrass Music Museum as the exclusive archival repository for this collection. All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, belong to the International Bluegrass Music Museum.?Interviews may only be reproduced with permission from Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky.
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